Friday, October 25, 2019

Most Annoying neo-logo-jism of the month: Sharenting

I'm listening to Future Tense on ABC podcasts: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/the-privacy-paradox/11623860

And the author of a new book about privacy of children, given away by their parents, has labelled this phenomenon "Sharenting".

Yick! Not that she doesn't have a good point about putting all that kiddie raising stuff on Farcebook and other social media platforms. But that neo-logo-jism is a bit rank! And the way she uses the word over and over in the interview is wearing.

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